The Dallas Cowboys are closing in on a long-term contract extension for quarterback Tony Romo, team owner/general manager Jerry Jones said Tuesday.

"We are involved in negotiations," Jones told reporters at the NFL's annual meetings, according to the Fort Worth Star-Telegram. "It's just not the thing to do for him or me to say we ought to have something done by midnight or tomorrow unless it’s that imminent. You can’t get that answered because you don't have it all ready to sign. But I'm not concerned that we are looking at a drawn-out thing here. I'm not concerned that is going to in any way hamper any decision we want to make personnel wise over the next few weeks."

The Super Bowl champion Baltimore Ravens helped set the market recently by signing QB Joe Flacco to a six-year, $120.6 million contract. It's not known how close the Cowboys and Romo will get to that deal.

Whatever Romo makes, he'll have plenty of responsibility as the offense's leader.

"Romo, of course, is someone that I expect our staff, our offensive staff, to deploy Romo according to his pay scale," Jones told reporters. "Stay tuned, but he’s going to have high expectations, I promise you that. He is not going to be paid to be a bus driver."